Apparently the Gov. of USA is thinking about making Sexting illegal, is this another step into communism or socialism? BTW if u don't know what "sexting" is Google it
I don't like your attitude. How about you stop trying to force your capitalist, baby killing ways in to every thread? Did you know that capitalism has killed 549,536,805 people? Nobody wants your input you filthy cash grabbing pig. Just stop being so discriminatory against people just because they believe in communism and see all the good it does.
Definitely Crazy, He hasn't asked anyone to push into Capitalism. He's stating that sexting and communism are unrelated. In my opinion, they are. If you can have a phone, communism would not censor you out of your personal life. Its goals really rely in social issues that outside of the home anyway.
Calling someone a filthy cash grabbing pig isn't nice, by the way, and it doesn't make sense anyway until you tell us how Sexting and Capitalism could be related.
What if a little person sends a picture of a big person to another big person? Only the big person being sent to the other big person is naked and porniful. Who gets punished for that one?
Unfortunately our youth lacks the common-sense needed to realize that taking a nude picture of yourself and sending it to a friend is a risky thing to do. Therefor, to protect minors, the government has been forced to make sexting illegal. If minors were logical enough not to sext, then it wouldn't be an issue, and the government wouldn't have to step in.
Define youth. Teens? Children? It's the parents' problem that they even got cell phones. They can use plans to NOT include any texting or picture messaging and only use talking on phones. Why don't they just do that I wonder? It's not the children it's the parents.
It's the parents' problem that they even got cell phones. They can use plans to NOT include any texting or picture messaging and only use talking on phones. Why don't they just do that I wonder?
You're correct in the case of children (13 or younger), but once their kids become teens most parents try to give them more responsibilities and freedom. It is not the parents fault when their other wise responsible 16 year old sends her boyfriend a picture of herself naked. Sure, if her parents didn't allow her to a phone then there wouldn't be a problem, but is it fair to deny that freedom to your teen simply because of the mistakes of others? Teens are old enough to think for themselves, and the choices they make are their own, not their parents.
You're correct in the case of children (13 or younger), but once their kids become teens most parents try to give them more responsibilities and freedom.
The only thing I can do on my phone is talk and text, but I guess that's not the case for most teens. You know what the parents need to realize? How would they know for sure that they won't sext? They won't. There is no sure way of "filtering" sexting from other normal pics, so the only real way is denying picture messages altogether.
Just keep it between people you actually know in real life, and I say it is fine. No proof here, but I know there are those that sext to those that they haven't met in person. These are the people that we gotta worry about. To those they know? Well, they have a mind of their own to either accept/reject the picture.
I can only speak for the Australian authorities, but at this point the police wish to interpret existing child pornography law in a way that would make most sexting (i.e. between teens under the age of 16) essentially illegal.
How is it...dangerous? Between teens, I mean. If it were sexting between strangers, as in the same between social websites, then I would see the problem
I can answer this:
1) Just like teens who are sexually active, most teens do not at all appreciate the scope of the consequences of what they're doing.
2) And what are the consequences? This should be pretty darn obvious. Somebody has a picture of your junk which, with a couple of button presses, they can publish to public domain.
If you don't think that entails dire consequences, this simply suggests that you're not mature enough to be aware of how this may affect your relationships with people. In this case, maturity comes with the consideration of employment and future relationship prospects. If my prospective employer saw a picture of my junk in the public domain, they would almost certainly prefer another applicant over me on the basis that this suggests I'm irresponsible, a liability etc.
Just like the internet, say what you want but be very wary of sharing identifying details. And really, don't send naked pictures of yourself around unless you know you can trust that person. Which, generally, means don't do it at all.
But as one grows older they start appreciating the difference between can, may and should. This isn't all that relevant to many of you right now, but it will be at some point.
